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Coming up in the week ahead on TV and on radio

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11 October 2024

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HIGHLIGHT: Sunday Worship As the BBC Singers celebrate their centenary, Canon Angela Tilby leads a service, recorded in St Martin-in-the-Fields, reflecting on the group’s legacy of religious broadcasting.

Sunday 8.10am, Radio 4


TELEVISION:
Sunday 1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Mark De-Lisser meets the gospel artists and church pastors Volney and Angel Morgan to explore how gospel music enables them to express their faith.

Tuesday 9pm (BBC2) Life and Death in Gaza A documentary chronicling the experiences of four Palestinian people living through the conflict in Gaza.

Thursday 9pm (BBC2) A House Through Time: Two cities at war David Olusoga traces the parallel lives of residents of Berlin, and London, during the Second World War (1/4).

10pm (C4) Everyone Else Burns The second series of a sitcom about a strictly religious family from Man­chester who believe that the world will end in the next decade (1-2/6).


RADIO: Friday 1.30pm
(World Service) Heart and Soul Yoga is now big business. Geeta Pendse asks: has it lost its spiritual roots?

Sunday 3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of this week’s Choral Evening Prayer, live from Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral on the feast of St John Henry Newman.

Wednesday 3pm (R3) Choral Evensong Live from Blackburn Cathedral.

9.30pm (R4) The Conflict: Middle East BBC journalists reflect on events in the region, a year after the 7 October attack by Hamas (1/6).

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Church Times Festival of Faith and Music 2026

10 October 2026

A joint event with RSCM. A one-day symposium at Southwark Cathedral celebrating church music in all its glory.

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Church Times Festival of Preaching 2026

13 - 15 September 2026

An event to inspire, nurture, and celebrate all who are called to proclaim the gospel today.

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Public Faith Common Good  a day symposium at St John’s College Cambridge, Tuesday 21 July 2026

Speakers to include the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Williams; the Bishop of Chelmsford, Dr Guli Francis-Deqhani, Nick Spencer, and Anna Rowlands.

This event is free, but booking is required. Find out more at elydatabase.org/events

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Saturday 21st November 2026

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